Improvement in neck-yokes and whiffletrees



A. s. Dow.

Neck Yoke.

No. 40,141. Patented. Sept. 29. '1863.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

ALBRO S. DOW, OF OEDARVILLE, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND ELIJAH W. VVILCOX, OF SAME PLAGE.

IMPROVEMENT IN NECK-YOKES AND WHIFFLETREES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 40,141, dated September 29, 1863.

To all whom it may concern,.-

Be. it known that l, ALBEo S. Dow. of Cedarville, county of Herkimer, and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Irons for Neck-Yokes and Whifletrees; and I do herebydeclarc that the following is afull, clear, and exact description thereof reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

My improvement consists in making an attachment for neck yokes or whiftletrees. This device or improvement is made in two parts or halves, and is secured-to the neck-yoke or whiftletree by fitting on the upper part of said device, or i1-on, as I prefer to call it, to said neck-yoke or whiftletree, and then screwing the two parts together by means ofscrews. The upper part of this iron is tubular or cylindrical and conforms to the shape of the Y neck yoke or whiftletree, whichever it may be.

At the lower end of this iron projects la ring, between the two parts of which is introduced a leather packing for the| purpose of lessening the friction or abrasion between the said ring and the pole or tongue ot' the carriage, and also for thepurpose of deadeningthe noise and clatter which accompanies the devices now in use.

The packing hereinbefore mentioned need not necessarily be of leather. lndia-rubber or any other convenient material that will ac complish the desired result will do as Well. When the packing is worn out, a new one may introduced by merely unscrewing the two parts or halves.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of a neck with the iron attached. Fig, 2 is a vertical transverse section through the neck-yoke, showing a longitudinal section of the iron.

A A are the two parts or halves 'of which the iron is constructed. These parts are secured together by means of the four screws d d d d. The iron is prevented from shifting laterally by means ofthe stops or beads g g. At the lower end of the iron there is a projecting ring, B, between the two parts ot which the leather packing D is secured. Said packing projects at least one-eighth of an inch from the interior periphery of the ring B and is concentric with it. rlhe object of the leather packing, as before mentioned, is to lessen the friction on the shaft or tongue of the carriage. It is well before fastening the irons A A to the neck-yoke to run a strip or band of leather between the stops or beads g gf, as it deadens the noise. and prevents the wearing, 85e., of the neck-yoke or whit'etree, whithever it may be attached to. Being a trm and substantial fastening, this iron, in case either the neck-yoke or whiftietree is broken by accident, may be applied to a new neckyoke or whifdetree.

Having thus fully described my said invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

1. rl`he combination of the leather or other packing D With the ring B, madein two parts, and united by the screws d d d d, or their equivalents.

2. The combination of the tubular or cylindrical portion made in two parts, as described, with either a neck-yoke or whifetree, substantially as and in the manner set forth.

Witnesses: ALBRO S. DOW.

WILLIAM HosEoIaD, B. E. DAVIS. 

